I get that, my 700 is supposed to be here next week basically my only concern is that it doesn't have the chain guide on the inside but I'll see how it goes. I see what you're saying but my way of looking at that is with a possible 9 levels of assist, If I want that many, if those slightly wider tires make it a little more difficult to pedal with no assist I can put it in 1 and then adjust the amount of assist I get in level 1 to whatever I want. So basically if I rode an Espin sport with no assist and then hopped right on a 700 with no assist and I didn't like how it was harder to pedal I could have just level 1 to basically match the exact same effort you get on the sport with no assist.